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fooling
(encz) | fooling,klamání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fooling
(gcide) | Fool \Fool\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fooled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fooling.]
To play the fool.
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2. To waste time in unproductive activity; to spend time in
idle sport or mirth; to trifle; to toy.
Syn: fool around.
[PJC]
Is this a time for fooling? --Dryden.
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fooling
(wn) | fooling
adj 1: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken
back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling
matter" [syn: fooling, casual] |
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Befooling
(gcide) | Befool \Be*fool"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befooled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Befooling.] [OE. befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.]
1. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to
deceive.
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This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men.
--Fuller.
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2. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish. "Some
befooling drug." --G. Eliot.
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Fooling
(gcide) | Fool \Fool\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fooled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fooling.]
To play the fool.
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2. To waste time in unproductive activity; to spend time in
idle sport or mirth; to trifle; to toy.
Syn: fool around.
[PJC]
Is this a time for fooling? --Dryden.
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Fooling around
(gcide) | fool around \fool` a*round"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fooled
around}; p. pr. & vb. n. Fooling around.]
1. To waste time in idle pursuits; to fool[2].
Syn: fool[2].
[PJC]
2. To flirt or philander. --RHUDbr/ [PJC]
3. To be sexually promiscuous; to engage in sexual
intercourse with more than one partner; especially, to
engage in adultery; as, to fool around with another woman.
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befooling
(wn) | befooling
n 1: derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or
inconsistent [syn: stultification, befooling] |
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